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Every tradition carries its own sacred geography, ritual calendar and etiquette. Explore pilgrimage and heritage sites organized by religion, from well-known landmarks to lesser-visited places of significance.

Hindu Pilgrimage

Hindu Sacred Sites Abroad

Hindu pilgrimage traditions extend across South Asia and beyond, linking sacred geography, ritual calendars, and centuries of continuous worship at sites many Indian travellers hold as lifetime aspirations to visit.

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Nepal Pashupatinath Temple

Pashupatinath Temple

Temple

UNESCO World Heritage

Pashupatinath is a sprawling Hindu temple complex on the banks of the Bagmati River in Kat…

Indonesia Prambanan Temple

Prambanan Temple

Temple

UNESCO World Heritage

Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple compound in Indonesia and one of the largest in Sout…

Cambodia Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat

Temple

UNESCO World Heritage

Angkor Wat is the world's largest religious monument, originally constructed as a Hindu te…

Malaysia Batu Caves

Batu Caves

Shrine

Batu Caves is a limestone hill containing a network of caves and cave temples, one of the …

Bangladesh Dhakeshwari Temple

Dhakeshwari Temple

Temple

Dhakeshwari Temple is the most important Hindu temple in Bangladesh and the city of Dhaka'…

Buddhist Pilgrimage

Buddhist Sacred Sites Abroad

Buddhist pilgrimage follows the footsteps of Siddhartha Gautama across Nepal and India's borderlands, extending to some of Southeast Asia's great monuments built by later Buddhist kingdoms.

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Nepal Lumbini

Lumbini

Shrine

UNESCO World Heritage

Lumbini is universally recognised as the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the historical …

Indonesia Borobudur

Borobudur

Stupa

UNESCO World Heritage

Borobudur is the world's largest Buddhist temple, a monumental 9th-century stepped monumen…

Nepal Boudhanath Stupa

Boudhanath Stupa

Stupa

UNESCO World Heritage

Boudhanath is one of the largest stupas in the world and a central hub of Tibetan Buddhism…

Nepal Swayambhunath Stupa

Swayambhunath Stupa

Stupa

UNESCO World Heritage

Swayambhunath, often called the "Monkey Temple" by visitors for its resident monkeys, sits…

Myanmar Shwedagon Pagoda

Shwedagon Pagoda

Stupa

Shwedagon Pagoda is a gilded stupa dominating Yangon's skyline and among the most revered …

Myanmar Bagan

Bagan

Temple

UNESCO World Heritage

Bagan is an extraordinary archaeological zone containing thousands of Buddhist temples, st…

Sri Lanka Anuradhapura

Anuradhapura

Temple

UNESCO World Heritage

Anuradhapura is Sri Lanka's ancient sacred capital, home to the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi — grow…

Sri Lanka Kandy Sacred City

Kandy Sacred City

Temple

UNESCO World Heritage

Kandy, the last capital of the Sinhalese kings, is Sri Lanka's most important Buddhist pil…

Laos Luang Prabang

Luang Prabang

Monastery

UNESCO World Heritage

Luang Prabang is a former royal capital in Laos known for its concentration of Buddhist mo…

Christian Pilgrimage

Christian Sacred Sites Abroad

Christian pilgrimage to the Holy Land and to Rome connects travellers to the core historical sites of the faith — the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, the Church of the Nativity, and St. Peter's Basilica among them.

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Israel Old City of Jerusalem

Old City of Jerusalem

Church

UNESCO World Heritage

Jerusalem's Old City contains the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally held to be t…

Italy Christian Rome

Christian Rome

Church

UNESCO World Heritage

Beyond Vatican City itself, Rome contains several of Catholicism's other major basilicas —…

Palestine Church of the Nativity

Church of the Nativity

Church

UNESCO World Heritage

The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem marks the traditional birthplace of Jesus and is a…

Israel Nazareth

Nazareth

Church

Nazareth, in the Galilee region, is venerated as the town where Jesus grew up, and is home…

France Lourdes

Lourdes

Shrine

Lourdes is one of the world's most visited Catholic pilgrimage sites, centred on the Grott…

Portugal Fatima

Fatima

Shrine

Fatima is a major Catholic Marian shrine built around reported apparitions to three shephe…

Spain Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela

Church

UNESCO World Heritage

Santiago de Compostela's cathedral is the traditional resting place of the relics of St. J…

Italy Assisi

Assisi

Monastery

UNESCO World Heritage

Assisi, the birthplace of St. Francis, offers a quieter, more contemplative pilgrimage exp…

Greece Mount Athos

Mount Athos

Monastery

UNESCO World Heritage

Mount Athos is a self-governed monastic peninsula containing twenty Eastern Orthodox monas…

Islamic Pilgrimage

Islamic Sacred Sites Abroad

This section covers historic Islamic architecture and heritage destinations of interest to travellers. Guidance for Hajj and Umrah pilgrimage should always be sought from authorised operators and official Saudi government channels rather than general travel content.

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Saudi Arabia Mecca

Mecca

Mosque

Mecca is Islam's holiest city, home to the Masjid al-Haram and the Kaaba, and the destinat…

Saudi Arabia Medina

Medina

Mosque

Medina is Islam's second holiest city, home to the Prophet's Mosque (Al-Masjid an-Nabawi),…

Jerusalem Al-Aqsa Mosque

Al-Aqsa Mosque

Mosque

Al-Aqsa Mosque, on the Haram al-Sharif (Temple Mount) in Jerusalem's Old City, is the thir…

Iraq Karbala

Karbala

Shrine

Karbala is home to the shrine of Imam Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad…

Iraq Najaf

Najaf

Shrine

Najaf is home to the shrine of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, the cousin and son-in-law of the Pr…

Ethiopia Harar Jugol

Harar Jugol

Mosque

UNESCO World Heritage

Harar Jugol, the walled historic town of Harar, is traditionally regarded by many Muslims …

Mauritania Chinguetti

Chinguetti

Mosque

Chinguetti is a historic caravan town in the Sahara traditionally regarded as Islam's seve…

Sikh Pilgrimage

Sikh Sacred Sites Abroad

Sikh heritage travel centres on historic sites connected to the life of Guru Nanak Dev Ji and the early Sikh Gurus, most significantly the Nankana Sahib circuit, typically visited through official jatha (pilgrim group) arrangements.

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Jain Pilgrimage

Jain Sacred Sites Abroad

Jain pilgrimage travel abroad centres largely on temples built by the Jain diaspora community, notable for their traditional architecture and craftsmanship recreated outside India.

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